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Hey all,
I have a client who wants to build out an a "bottle club" (like a bar but patrons bring their own alcohol) on the entire second floor above grade in an existing sprinklered building. It's almost certainly a change of use. The existing use of the space is "business" as well as the that of the levels above and below with residential on top floor. I'm presuming that there's likely no alternative than to treat it as a new assembly space in the eyes of 2015 IEBC/IBC and 2018 NFPA 101.
There are two nuts to crack code wise:
1) Separation between floors --- I think that treating it as being sprinkled an non-separated, the building still works w/o rated ceilings and floors
2) Fire escape --- there's only one internal stair. The other exit is an existing fire escape. it's not clear to me in 2018 NFPA 101 that the existing fire escape is ok for use for second means of egress when there's a change of use to assembly. I'm looking at chapter 12. I'm really hoping someone might have some insight on how to answer this question more confidently...hopefully that the fire escape could be permitted.
Thanks!
I have a client who wants to build out an a "bottle club" (like a bar but patrons bring their own alcohol) on the entire second floor above grade in an existing sprinklered building. It's almost certainly a change of use. The existing use of the space is "business" as well as the that of the levels above and below with residential on top floor. I'm presuming that there's likely no alternative than to treat it as a new assembly space in the eyes of 2015 IEBC/IBC and 2018 NFPA 101.
There are two nuts to crack code wise:
1) Separation between floors --- I think that treating it as being sprinkled an non-separated, the building still works w/o rated ceilings and floors
2) Fire escape --- there's only one internal stair. The other exit is an existing fire escape. it's not clear to me in 2018 NFPA 101 that the existing fire escape is ok for use for second means of egress when there's a change of use to assembly. I'm looking at chapter 12. I'm really hoping someone might have some insight on how to answer this question more confidently...hopefully that the fire escape could be permitted.
Thanks!